Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is an avatar of Krishna Himself

Nama Article 21st March 2011

 

Source: http://www.namadwaar.org/answers/questions.html

 

 

Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has been described as a mahan. The Gaudiya vaishnavas believe that He is an avatar of Krishna Himself. Do you also believe in the same?

 

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

We believe so too.

 

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With Divine blessing of HH Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji, on occasion of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Jayanthi on 19^th March 2011, Akanda Mahamantrakirtan (incessant chanting of Mahamantra) was organized in all Namadwaars in Tamilnadu from 6 am to 6 pm along with Nagarakirtan. Apart from this Akanda Mahamantrakirtan, Nagarakirtan and special satsangs were organized across hundreds of  GOD satsangs around the globe.

 

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-is-way-to-get-faithless-to-chant.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2010/02/you-should-attain-such-stage-that-it-is.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2007/12/sikshashtaka-lord-krishna-chaitanya.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2007/05/golden-words-of-sri-krishna-chaitanya.html

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

The Name of the Lord - this alone is my wealth. I do not tie it up to hide it, nor do I sell it to make my living.

Nama Article 18th March 2011

 

Sant Kabir

 

इहु धनु मेरे हरि को नाउ ॥

गांठि न बाधउ बेचि न खाउ ॥

नाउ मेरे खेती नाउ मेरे बारी ॥

भगति करउ जनु सरनि तुम्हारी ॥

 

The Name of the Lord - this alone is my wealth

I do not tie it up to hide it, nor do I sell it to make my living.

The Name is my crop, and the Name is my field.

As Your humble servant, I perform devotional worship to You; I seek Your Sanctuary.

 

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-conquer-mind.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-have-found-yes-i-have-found-wealth-of.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2009/02/rama-is-help-of-helpless-surdas-says.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2011/03/if-you-must-rob-and-plunder-then.html

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

If you must rob and plunder, then plunder the Lord's Name, Ram

Nama article 10th August 2007

 

Sant Kabir

कबीर लूटना है त लूटि लय़ै राम् नाम् है लूटि ।

फिरि पाछै पछुताहुगे प्ऱान् जहिंगे छूटि ॥

 

Transliteration:

 

kabeer lootnaa hai ta looti lai raam naam hai loot.

 

fir paachhai pachhutaahugay paraan jaahingay chhooti.

 

Meaning :

 

Kabeer, if you must rob and plunder, then plunder the Lord's Name, Ram.

 

Otherwise, in the world hereafter, you will regret and repent, when the breath of life leaves the body.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

 

Name will show you the true way. No external aid will be needed.

Nama Article 16th March 2011

 

Source: Pagal Harnath letters

 

Water of Ganges needs no purification by Mantras. The holiness of Ganga is due to the contact with the feet of Vishnu.

 

The fact that Name is holier than the Ganges cannot be questioned. Name will show you the true way. No external aid will be needed.

 

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

The person who remembers The Lord is purified both externally and internally

 

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2010/03/namakirtan-does-not-depend-on.html

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

If you rely on God and trust Him implicitly and have His sweet Name on your lips, you may be sure, your life will flow like a rippling river singing the song of eternal love and joy.

Nama Article 13th March 2011

 

Swami Papa Ramdas

 

Gravity, long face, toughness and a consciousness of self-importance do not go with a life dedicated to the Divine.

 

If you rely on God and trust Him implicitly and have His sweet Name on your lips, you may be sure, your life will flow like a rippling river singing the song of eternal love and joy.The above enumerated excrescences that have gathered round your life and have made its outlook vitiated, narrow and cramped will automatically disappear.

 

Your life will become pure, noble, enlightened and glorious in every way. God will take His seat in your heart and hold the reins of it. He will be your Inspirer, Guide and Protector. He will take you on the royal road of absolute peace and happiness. You are safe in His keeping. His grace will sustain you and you will realise that you are His immortal child – an embodiment of His radiance, power and bliss. Let your aim be to attain this beatific state.

 

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-who-loves-life-succeeds-in-life.html

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

One thing can be said for certain. God is perfect. An imperfection cannot come from the perfect.

Nama Article 12th March 2011

 

Source: http://www.namadwaar.org/answers/questions.html

 

As per Hinduism, we take birth in this world due to our Karma (Deeds or misdeeds in our previous generation) So many deaths occur due to natural calamities where thousands of human lives are taken away. Man made calamities on account of bomb blasts also take away precious human lives. What is the sin or the Karma these human beings have committed whose lives have been plucked by the Almighty in few seconds of such calamities?

 

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

It is true that we take birth according to the karmas of the past births. Regarding the lives lost, it is not possible to find out the karma of each and every person and account for the same. But one thing can be said for certain. God is perfect. An imperfection cannot come from the perfect.

 

 

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Swamiji, you have said, "God is perfect. An imperfection cannot come from the perfect." All of us are the creations of the Almighty. Then how come many of us are imperfect in this Kaliyuga as evidenced by the present order of the world in terms of war and violence where most humans are involved in committing grave sins?

 

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

Anything that comes from the perfect cannot be imperfect. That which has come from perfection is also going towards perfection. When we see it en route to perfection, it seems to appear imperfect. That's all.

 

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I want to know about my death. What is death? I want to experience my death. I want to be aware of my death.

 

 

Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji:

 

As long as the life-force ('Prana') is inside your body, you are said to be alive. The moment that the Prana leaves your body to take another body is called death.

 

The death of the body is not the real death. Even in medical science, it has been proved that real death is not the death of the body, but the death of the mind.

 

From a spirituality perspective, real death is when you realize God, or realize the Self within you. That is because, it is only after then that you are not born anymore. Hence that is the real death.

 

 

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2010/01/surrender-to-his-feet-and-pray-for.html

 

It is a universal experience that every calamity brings the sensible man down on his knees

 

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2009/07/glory-unto-theeoh-mind-i-salute-thy.html

 

A person's bad temper is reflected in his words – he throws tantrums. Likewise, God's anger is reflected as the natural calamities

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Those people who take pleasure in continuously hearing, chanting and remembering Your activities, certainly very soon will see Your lotus feet, who put the recurrence of rebirths to an end.

Nama Article 9th March 2011

 

Srimad Bhagavatham (1.8.36)

 

शृण्वन्ति गायन्ति गृणन्त्यभीक्ष्णश: स्मरन्ति नन्दन्ति तवेहितं जना: ।

त एव पश्यन्त्यचिरेण तावकं भवप्रवाहोपरमं पदाम्बुजम् ॥२१॥

 

Those people who take pleasure in continuously hearing, chanting and remembering Your activities, certainly very soon will see Your lotus feet, who put the recurrence of rebirths to an end.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Saintly persons (sadhus) hear, sing, and recite a literature, even though it is imperfectly composed (abaddhavat) provided each line (pratislokam) of such a writing describes the glory of the names of God.

Nama Article 8th March 2011

 

Srimad Bhagavatham (1.5.11)

 

तद्-वाग्-विसर्गो जनताघ-विप्लवो यस्मिन् प्रति-श्लोकम् अबद्धवत्य् अपि ।

नामान्य् अनन्तस्य यशो'ङ्कितानि यत् शृण्वन्ति गायन्ति गृणन्ति साधवः ॥

 

Saintly persons (sadhus) hear, sing, and recite a literature, even though it is imperfectly composed (abaddhavat) provided each line (pratislokam) of such a writing describes the glory of the names of God.

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Chanting the Name includes everything. This is the highest Dharma. Drop everything and take refuge in the Name.

Nama Article 7th February 2011

 

Devotee: Bhakti is said to be of nine kinds and Nama Smaran is one of them. Am I to take it that Nama Japa is an all-inclusive Sadhana?

 

Swami Papa Ramdas : Chanting the Name includes everything. Many saints took God's Name, concentrated on the Name, and reached the highest spiritual eminence. This is the highest Dharma. Drop everything and take refuge in the Name.

 

So many people who engaged themselves in various practices have not achieved anything. Their mind is as impure as anything. What way are they spiritually benefited?

 

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2007/08/which-is-best-dharma.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2007/07/what-is-essence-of-all-shastras-brahma.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2007/11/due-to-my-causeless-mercy-i-am-very.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2007/07/even-if-you-perform-smallest-dharma-i.html

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

The ear is graced by listening to Chanting of Divine Names, not by ear ring; the hand by charity, not by bracelet; the body by selfless service to others, not by sandal paste

Nama Article 6th February 2011

 

Subhashitani - Wise sayings in Sanskrit

 

श्रोत्रं श्रुतेनैव न कुण्डलेन दानेन पाणिर्न तु कंकणेन ।

विभाति कायः करुणापराणाम् परोपकारैर्न तु चंदनेन ॥

 

The ear is graced by listening to Chanting of Divine Names, not by ear ring; the hand by charity, not by bracelet; the body by selfless service to others, not by sandal paste

 

Please check these: Excerpts from a discourse by our Sri Sri Muralidhara Swamiji

 

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2008/11/if-you-are-not-able-to-perform-nama.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2009/09/of-all-various-people-who-are.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2010/06/to-awaken-us-to-state-of-truth-we-need.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2011/01/kabir-says-apart-from-you-chanting.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2008/02/take-lords-name-as-your-support.html

http://guruandnamakirtan.blogspot.com/2010/10/great-advantage-of-nama-sadhana-is-that.html

 

Chant the Mahamantra Nama kirtan :

 

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare 
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare